It happened many a year ago-about two hundred, in fact; and the scene of Boris's adventure was an exceedingly remote one, far away in the north of Europe, close to Archangel. Boris Ivanitch was a peasant whose home was an outlying village near the large town just mentioned. He was a serf, of course, as were all his fellows at that time; but in consequence of his wonderful strength and courage, and of his aptitude for pursuing and killing every kind of wild beast and game, he was exempt, by favour of his lord, both from ...
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It happened many a year ago-about two hundred, in fact; and the scene of Boris's adventure was an exceedingly remote one, far away in the north of Europe, close to Archangel. Boris Ivanitch was a peasant whose home was an outlying village near the large town just mentioned. He was a serf, of course, as were all his fellows at that time; but in consequence of his wonderful strength and courage, and of his aptitude for pursuing and killing every kind of wild beast and game, he was exempt, by favour of his lord, both from taxation and from the manual labour which the owner of the soil could have exacted from him. In a word, Boris was employed to keep the country clear, or as clear as possible, of bears and wolves, which, when left to themselves, were at that time the cause of much danger and loss to the inhabitants of that portion of the Russian empire. Boris performed his duties well. There was no man, young or old, for hundreds of miles around who could compare with this young giant in any of those sports or competitions in which the palm went to the strongest. Tall and muscular beyond his years-for he was but nineteen at this time-lithe as a willow, straight as a poplar, Boris excelled in anything which called into play the qualities of activity and strength.
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Fair. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. No date given, c1900. Decorative boards with embossed designs and side portrait of a young boy set within floral designs. Illustrated. Uncommon in the U.S. Heavy wear to boards with bottom third of spine torn with hinges exposed, boards with toning and pages with heavy age toning.
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Very Good. Book No dust jacket. Handsomely stamped slightly stained slate green cloth. Name FEP. Clean text. With b/w artwork, 28-pg section of ads. 13601 CF shelf.
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